Save your transportation cost.
Consider telecommuting to work. Working at home by hooking your office through a computer, fax. Paycheck, modem, and telephone. Most institutions are considering telecommuting in order to accommodate workers who are also parents so that they can be at home with their kids. You can choose to telecommute so that you save your money from buy lunch, commuting daily, and dry cleaning.
Keeping an automotive log is the best habit you can practice because it will provide you with a valuable diagnostic tool. An automotive log is a comprehensive book that contains the record of entire things done to your car together with the exact date and odometer reading when it was performed. Always remember to include the amount of oil you put in, the amount of gas you fill at every fill-up, replacement of tire, tune-ups replacements and repairs, and also distance miles per gallon you get at every fill-up. All these car records will save you from enormous repair money since most fleet operators use the car records.
Walk when you want to do local tasks because when your car’s engine is cold, short hops will cause your car to have an automotive tear and wear plus poor gas mileage. Just moving around with your car within a distance you can cover by walking will cost you the money you will spend on fueling the car yet you can save that by walking which is very healthy for you.
Using public transport is always cost-effective especially when you always pay for parking space. It will also help you in cutting down the amount of money you would have spent fueling your car. If you minimize going to work or downtown with your own car then in one month you will cut the cost of wear and tear.
After comparing auto parts, consider buying them by yourself. The spare parts for your car will be expensive if you buy them from the official factory, therefore you should consider acquiring the rebuilt parts. Rebuilt parts last long enough just as new parts. Therefore you can do phone-shopping with the model, make and your car year at the auto supply store, the part number handy and part name if possible. Always before you purchase any part don’t forget to negotiate the price to save some money. You should also consider repairing your old car and keep it instead of buying a new car. Buying a new car will cost you more to pay for insurance but the older your car is the lower its insurance rate.
Try and learn the basics of automotive maintenance. You can enroll in an automotive maintenance adult education class. You will learn how to perform simple and safe procedures with the supervision of an automotive professional where if you make mistakes, they can be averted and also corrected.
Breakdowns will be so less if you regularly perform maintenance and it will help your car too. Regularly changing your oil and tune-ups will increase years to your car’s life. Your car will always respond well just like any other machine to tender loving care.
Living expenses
The most costly budget you can have monthly is the housing budget. You may be tied to a job so as to be able to facilitate your mortgage but you can get out of this bondage by rethinking about your housing cost. Renting out your vacation home will generate for you some extra income.
The economy of numbers will lower your expenses by either sharing your life with people who have the same values as yours through cohousing cooperative, under the same roof, the international community, planned community, or land trust. Exploring living in an intentional community is a great way to cut your living cost.
If you own a home, do your house repairs by yourself because paying for workers that cost upwards of 50 dollars per hour for maintenance can strain your saving habit. Learning how to fix a leaky faucet that runs up a tab by yourself terrifying as you may assume because there are excellent guides books for home-repairs at the library or via DIY videos.
You can as well borrow the videos of how to do your home repair free from your local hardware, building supply, or from the library but again this illustration information is available online through YouTube for free.
If you have a job that doesn’t lock you up in the city, you can move to a less expensive place where you will spend fewer dollars and save the rest. It is always expensive to live in the main cities therefore for you to save some cash, opting to stay out of the city is a great idea and cost-friendly.
Imagine paying over 1,000 dollars per month for your mortgage or more when you can buy a piece of land and erect a used mobile house for a total amount of 10,000 dollars or less. You will be living very cheap and comfortable without worrying about much to pay your mortgage every month.
Your vocations
Whenever you are comfortable with your handling of money and life gets very satisfied for you, you will not feel the urge or reasons to vacate but if you have to, then you can try a volunteer vacation. In this way through different organizations, you will be able to travel as a diplomat around the countries that have built a friendship and trained with your country.
It is not guaranteed that your traveling agent will find for you great deals always, therefore you should consider being your own traveling agent. Just like any other item, you are able to phone-shop for tickets and then later buy them via your traveling agent. Your agent will be able to get his commission and provide for your best services in the future.
You can get the best deals if you buy your airline tickets one month prior to the time you intend to fly. Fly on midweeks and stay over a weekend when the prices are low. There are different policies in different airlines but mostly it is cheaper spending Saturday night at your destination.